Thank you for the reviews.

So this is what I mean by jumpy. I should have said but the last chapter was set during series 4. This chapter is set during series 1 and 2. And this didn't mean to be as worded as it turned out to be. Instead of explaining (like I have done), I was just going to give snippets of what happened, but that just didn't happen when I wrote it.

This is the start of why they were where they were last chapter (if you understand that).

I hope that this is to your expectations.


Chapter 2

Love

There were a number of things that had lead them to be in the position that they were in now. If anything, they were used to the sneaking around. After all, their relationship started with sneaking around the castle.

Merlin had, had a crush on Morgana from the moment he saw her. Her beauty stood out to him and then her kindness made her even more attractable. Her views were different. Merlin had known for some royals to be kind to peasants, but not as kind as she was, especially when the famine hit. Whereas Uther restricted the amount of food the peasants could have, Morgana was handing out the food that was saved for them.

He knew that the safest place for Mordred was in her room. Her views on magic were different. He could still see the way that her face dropped when she saw the boy that he was holding up. She risked a lot for them both. He saw how she cared for him and he would never forget when she ask him if magic chose the person and not the person chose magic. He was well prepared to tell her about his magic then, but bottled it last minute. Her worry over the young boy made him fall even harder for her.

When he thought he couldn't love her even more, Morgana's magic revealed itself and he just knew he had to help her. Maybe he should have thought through his idea more to get her to the druids and he would have allowed her to stay, if she was able to. The kiss she gave him when he visited her once they were back in Camelot, was a surprise. Afterwards, she had confessed that she wished to have done it when he risked his life for hers.

She needed to learn about magic but with Gaius and the dragon's words still ringing in his ears, he had little idea of how he was going to help. He took the book, that Gaius gave him, to her room one night, telling her that he found it in the library by accident but believed that it might help her. He watched her as she poured over the pages.

They had a room in the castle, one of the guest bedchambers, as so she might practice. He made her start little, always bringing what he thought he would need if anything was to go wrong. He knew that she would get frustrated easily. He would always smile at her successes and encourage her when it didn't go right the first time.

They stopped for a period when the witchfinder arrived in Camelot. Merlin knew he had no reason to worry that Morgana would be a suspect. She was coming along well with her magic. He knew she could control it now.

There were times when Merlin wanted to reveal his magic to her. He was sure that she would keep it a secret. Just the timing never seemed to be right. The only thing that did seem to be happening was their relationship. Little smiles and kisses turning into longer ones and then before he knew what was really happening, Morgana was professing her love for him. It took him a few moments for him to process what she had said to him before he said it back to her.

Merlin knew that he was never meant to have Morgana. She would always be promise to someone else, some Lord of some place. That thought alone made him rather apprehensive and anxious about where their relationship was heading. They seemed to get closer and closer that he was sure that the looks that they were giving each other outside of the room were not appropriate at all. But he felt caught up in it all. Morgana was happy and he couldn't bare to stop her from taking it with both hands.

There was a number of times when he stopped her from taking things further. He would tell her that it wasn't right of them and that maybe they shouldn't see each other for a few days before he would promptly leave. It took her the few days to get over what he had said to her.

The problem was, it got to a point where Merlin could find the words or strength to fight himself. It was one night when Morgana had mastered a rather difficult spell. He knew because it had taken him weeks to do it before. She had turned to tell him that she was going to get it this time. The wide smile that plastered itself on his face, must have been a picture. He shot up and pulled her into his arm, kissing her passionately. After that, he didn't really know what was happening until he was lying next to Morgana, naked. He was sure he had apologized a number of times.

But then it became a more regular thing. Not all the time but when they believed it was appropriate. Just the frequency was enough for Gaius to sit them both down and express his thoughts on their unthoughtfulness. Merlin could feel his ears getting redder and redder the more he spoke. He was certain that this was the worst moment in his life. They both poured over the book and any books they could find to be able to hide the pregnancy.

They had spoken about the future of their child. Before they were even born, they had already agreed that she was to be taken to the druids as so that they could live a life not in fear of what they might be.

The night of the birth was the most nerve racking experiences that Merlin had gone through. Morgana had gone ahead to the druid camp, he arrived later when Arthur had finished with him. Her screams were the most terrifying thing. He asked them not to call him Emrys in front of her.

He was called to her once she had given birth and he slipped down beside her as she held their child. They hadn't really thought about names. The first woman to enter the tent, they asked what her name was. She was called Ade. Morgana tells him that Adeliade was a nice name.

And so, under that cloudy night, Adeliade was born, but even then they knew that she was probably going to be known as Ade.